Project Grant 2614785
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Saint Louis University $223,759 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop vision-structured photonic communication and sensing integration systems for underground operations. The project addresses communication challenges in underground environments such as mining, infrastructure inspection, emergency response, and autonomous robotic exploration by enabling...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Texas Tech University a $500,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will support the CAREER: SCALABLE INTEGRATED NANOPHOTONICS WITH SUBWAVELENGTH GRATINGS project from January 15, 2022 to December 31, 2026. The project aims to develop scalable integrated nanophotonics using subwavelength gratings. This aligns with the Engineering program's goals of fostering...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of Houston System $240,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop semantic communication systems that transmit only task-relevant information rather than reproducing all original data. The project establishes an integrated framework for analog, digital, and hybrid digital-analog communication using large pretrained artificial intelligence models as...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The goal of the 3-year project is to develop an energy-efficient coherent optical interconnect architecture that can enable dramatic increases in datacenter and high-performance computing bandwidth-density and energy-efficiency. The key technical innovations...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded South Dakota School of Mines & Technology $200,000 on June 1, 2026, to investigate exciton-polaritons in two-dimensional semiconductor optoelectronic devices under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research will examine how exciton-polaritons—hybrid quasiparticles formed by strong coupling of excitons with photons—enable long-range, low-loss energy transport to improve light-detection...
- Texas Tech University received a two-year, $293,229 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CNS CORE: SMALL: FUNDAMENTALS OF ULTRA-DENSE WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH GENERALIZED REPULSION" from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program supports investigator-initiated research and education...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $508,609 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station for a three-year project (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2028). The primary deliverables include the development of a chip-scale silicon photonics millimeter-wave full-duplex transceiver architecture with ultra-wideband self-interference cancellation capability. The...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station $250,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) for collaborative research on proactive wireless network control in future broadband systems. The project develops framework and artificial intelligence models for optimal resource management in frequency range 3 (FR3) upper mid-band wireless...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Texas A&M University $120,000 on January 1, 2027, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a subspace optimization framework for resource-efficient and private fine-tuning of large language models. The research addresses the challenge of adapting general-purpose large language models to specialized tasks without requiring substantial computing resources or access to sensitive...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded the University of California, San Diego $500,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop nature-inspired, three-dimensionally architected photonic surfaces that leverage light to nondestructively map structural properties of biological fibrous tissue onto a quantitative color response. The photonic surfaces, drawing inspiration from structural color mechanisms found...
The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Texas Tech University $267,907 on September 1, 2026, for collaborative research on vision-structured photonic communication and sensing integration systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project develops light-based communication and sensing technologies for underground operations including mining, infrastructure inspection, emergency response, and autonomous robotic exploration. Current optical systems are vulnerable to blockage, misalignment, scattering, and environmental changes because they operate without understanding physical structure. This research enables light-based systems to perceive their surroundings and adapt communication and sensing functions in real time, supporting more reliable connectivity, improved awareness of human activity and environmental hazards, and safer operation of robots and personnel in underground spaces. The project integrates communication, sensing, robotics, and artificial intelligence into undergraduate and graduate courses, supports hands-on student research, and engages K-12 students through interactive demonstrations. Open-source datasets, prototypes, benchmarks, and educational materials will broaden access to project outcomes and support future research in intelligent communication and cyber-physical systems. Work is performed in Lubbock, Texas, over the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $267.9k | 8/10/26 |